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Magical Girl Phantom Ascension

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SpoopyGhost said:
Hadn't thought of it that way before. I do agree that just saccharine all the time isn't good either; it just seems like it's gone too far the other way, and simply because it's now considered the cool thing to do. Maybe the general tone will balance out over time, once this industry phase has run its course. Some dark, some light, most somewhere in between.
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Card Captor Sakura is as light and fluffy as magical girls get, and that's currently airing a direct sequel that's fantastic.
 
I'mma hold off on voting during this first round, but the sheer novelty of the premise is promising
 
Inserted tally - Voting is locked. 19 for Purple, 11 for Kikuko Yukimura.
Adhoc vote count started by SpoopyGhost on Apr 19, 2018 at 3:04 PM, finished with 55 posts and 33 votes.
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1B - Transformation/First Incantation
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    • Reaching for the purple ring feels right, somehow. You're hesitant, and give the others another check to be sure, but the last bit of doubt is erased by the ring shining just a tad brighter. It really does make sense, you realize; you were never necessarily antisocial, but you always kept to yourself, and were accordingly left alone. It created a certain distance that was hard to cross, but outside a few bouts of loneliness, you didn't especially feel the need to.

    You pick up the ring, and slide it onto your finger thoughtfully. The universe clicks into place.

    "So one thing that's bothering me about this… I still seem tangible." It wasn't until you turned back around to find your body still lying in the coffin that you realized what had happened - despite being invisible and inaudible to all the funeral-goers, you didn't seem to be able to pass through walls, or anything else really. Climbing back into the coffin had resulted in lying awkwardly on top of your own corpse, (an experience you aren't eager to repeat) and getting to the graveyard had required hitching a ride; hopping into the back of the hearse while they were loading the casket. Only now it occurs to you that you could have traced letters into someone's back, or something - though you're not sure what it could have achieved.

    Anyway. The stranger chuckles, their ambiguous form somehow conveying sheepishness. "I'll admit that I'm not the one to ask about this - trying something like this is unprecedented enough to begin with. I may be able to see spirits due to my nature, but you're the first I've interacted with in a proper sense, so I don't know the ins and outs. Maybe we should start by making sure you're even able to transform."

    "That's a good point," you nod.

    You stare at them. They stare at you. (You think. You can somehow tell they have eyes, but when you actually try to concentrate on looking at them all features seem to vanish. It's rather offputting.)

    "...So, how do I do this?" you finally ask.

    "Ah, I've noticed it varies from girl to girl; some do it very simply, others feel the need to pose dramatically. But in any case, the general idea is to simply focus on your ring, and will yourself to transform."

    You try that but accomplish little, aside from making strange faces for a full minute. "Maybe it's broken."

    "OH, wait! This is your first time, so the process is a bit different here. You have to recite a particular incantation, hang on a moment, let me read your aura..."

    For being a mysterious shadowy figure of indeterminate size, shape, and gender, they strike you as surprisingly airheaded.

    "Okay, repeat after me…" They say the incantation, and you repeat it in turn.

    Though dark and cold the lonely night
    My power creates only light
    Curtains cascade across on high
    Bringing justice from northern skies

    Speaking it aloud feels a bit silly at first, but you focus on your ring as you speak, hoping this will work. As the final syllable rings out into the night, you're suddenly overtaken by a rush of energy. A sensation of sheer joyousness threatens to overwhelm you, and at first you try to fight it. But after a moment, you find yourself not so much giving in as riding along with the flow, letting it take you where it will.

    After a few moments, the sensation dies down, and you open your eyes (you hadn't even noticed closing them in the first place) to find yourself wearing a strange cross between a slimming ball gown and a parka. The dress is a subtly shimmering thing, with long bell sleeves and a slightly billowy skirt with a slit up one side. Most of it is in a deep, rich purple shade, but the bottom of the skirt and the edges of the sleeves shift into a greenish teal color. Over that, you're wearing a short white vest with purple fur lining the collar and down the middle, as well as a white sash around your hips. Under the skirt, meanwhile, you have thigh-high boots with miles of lacing (you're glad you don't have to tie it all; the transformation has already taken care of that) and surprisingly solid, heavy-duty soles - they seem more suited to heavy winter hiking than anything. And finally, you realize you're carrying a weapon, that must have materialized in your hand sometime during the transformation as well.

    What is your weapon?
    > A Staff or Polearm
    > A Sword
    > A Sickle or Hook
    > A Bow & Quiver
    > Write-In
     
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    • [X] A fishing rod

    Link has beaten Ganondorf with a fishing rod before. Why can't we do the same?

    Oh. Purple.
     
    [] An ice pick

    Since we seem to be going with something of a winter theme here, why not go all the way?

    EDIT: I like SAB's suggestion
    [X] Chained Throwing Picks/Kusarigama
     
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    [X] Chained Throwing Picks

    Think... F/SN Medusa kinda. Gives us some range and versatility with them, probably not the best melee weapon though, unless the picks have something of a handle to grab as well, even then they'd only be good at stabbing. Also we might be able to swing around on them depending on the specifics of how they work.

    There's also something of a... Princess/Nobility feeling to our get-up, so a dex based sword could work as well. One-handed rapier maybe or something, go full Princess Knight.

    [] Rapier
    [] Slim One-handed Sword
     
    If you're going to insist on a sickle instead of a scythe then you might as well go and get the chain and just make it a kusarigama so we're not wasting our off-hand.

    Or twin-sickles, as horrible as a dual wielding choice that is.
     
    ShadowAngelBeta said:
    If you're going to insist on a sickle instead of a scythe then you might as well go and get the chain and just make it a kusarigama so we're not wasting our off-hand.

    Or twin-sickles, as horrible as a dual wielding choice that is.
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    Mmm. I hear you on the idea that sickles aren't a great weapon, but I figure our weapon doesn't necessarily need to be martial compliant, especially if we end up fighting mostly non-humanoid opponents, assuming that's what the QM has planned...And even if we are, there's no garuntee we won't have some magical perk or spell that makes it viable. (It could be the chain is magically summoned/dismissed to make wielding it easier.)
     
    Zaealix said:
    Mmm. I hear you on the idea that sickles aren't a great weapon, but I figure our weapon doesn't necessarily need to be martial compliant, especially if we end up fighting mostly non-humanoid opponents, assuming that's what the QM has planned...And even if we are, there's no garuntee we won't have some magical perk or spell that makes it viable. (It could be the chain is magically summoned/dismissed to make wielding it easier.)
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    Yeah, I get that. It's just... I don't know. At least everything else suggested is a weapon of some form. Err... was made to be a weapon. Sickles are farming tools, so it's like "At least take advantage of your off-hand here for this."

    With a 1-handed sword you're supposed to not use your off-hand at least, just... *Sigh* It just feels wrong using one sickle, at least a scythe has better reach.
     
    It was an offhand suggestion. Might have been better to just have the traditional weapons and leave anything more abstract for write-ins.
     
    SpoopyGhost said:
    It was an offhand suggestion. Might have been better to just have the traditional weapons and leave anything more abstract for write-ins.
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    *Waves off* There is more than a bit of a point when the argument of "But it's a Magical Girl weapon" I just kind of twitch at some things. The hook... kind of needs a chain at least to work at all, unless it's purely a magical casting talisman.

    And a fishing rod of all things for the winter-bundled Oujo-sama. *Groan* Can we please at least keep it in theme?

    Yes, I know I'm probably the 2nd closest to being out of theme after that, but I'm still undecided myself.
     
    That makes 2 for a sickle, 2 for a fishing rod, 2 for chained throwing picks, and then one each for katana, magic mirror, or staff
     
    [] A Staff or Polearm
    - [] A Bident

    A bident's like a trident but with only two prongs, it may be an even more ghostly weapon than a scythe since it was the weapon associated with Hades.

    Edit: Changing vote to:

    [x] Chained Throwing Picks/Kusarigama
     
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